Fleet-of-foot Treece boasts Olympic dreams

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor On my first day as a cross-country runner at Glen Lake High School two years ago I was told that, without a doubt, Marissa Treece was going to win the race. I assumed that just meant she was “pretty good”. So I watched that race. Indeed, Marissa was the first […]

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Leelanau cultured veggies: great farmentations

Pat Stinson Sun contributor This area’s growing community of food artisans is taking us back to our agricultural and culinary roots, reclaiming traditions of planting, growing, preserving, cooking and baking handed down to us by previous generations. Knowledge of these simple food processes are learned gifts that many of us have forgotten how to enjoy, […]

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WuzthataWintererWudnit?

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “Light snow is falling in Ely, Minnesota today, May 20, 2007,” says DJ Ray Nargis. (Remember Ray Nargis? He used to live on Echo Valley Road, teach at The Leelanau School, and recite poetry at the Beach Bards Bonfire on summer Friday nights. Stream his Sunday morning (10 a.m.-1 p.m. […]

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Profile Ann Oberschulte: A fashionista returns to her roots

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor From her Italian brown leather boots to her equally hip jacket, Ann Oberschulte looks every bit the part of the local boutique owner: fashion savvy and comfortably trendy. She walks around The Cottonseed apparel like the fond owner of a small paradise. The racks of earthy garments and displays of […]

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Asparagus, a wonder drug and olfactory pleaser

By Waleed Al-Shamma Sun contributor Heart attacks, cancer, strokes, diabetes and … the ability to produce and/or smell rank urine? While asparagus may help fight and prevent most of these hereditary traits, it is responsible for one of them. There is rarely complete harmony in the scientific community. Indeed scientists find it necessary to debate […]

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Hunting for Morel mushrooms in the National Park

By Jane Greiner Sun contributor Locals and visitors alike are discovering that ranger-led walks are a great way to enjoy the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (the local branch of the National Park Service). As part of the program, “Saturdays at the Lakeshore,” a ranger meets with the public at the Philip Hart Visitors Center […]

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Envirothon teams seek sustainable environmental solutions

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Of the many clubs at Glen Lake High School, the Envirothon team receives the least amount of recognition. Glen Lake’s three teams of five players each, advised by biology teacher Karen Richard, are the only Envirothon teams currently competing in our region. They are the kids who meet at lunch […]

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Hummingbird love, and Spring, are in the air

By Jane Greiner Sun contributor What a pleasure it is to have the hummingbirds back. Yesterday I looked up from my book to see a female hummingbird sitting on the feeder. A second one, presumably male, approached the feeder and flew back and forth in front of her in a short horizontal “shuttle pattern.” Back […]

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A world that’s not beneath our notice

By Holly Wren Spaulding Sun contributor Being a writer, I spend a good deal of time in the rooms of my head, the dark corridors of contemplation. The obvious hazard, although there are many others, is that such a lifestyle often takes me away from the vigor of the body and the sense of my […]

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Fighting off the bear with Internet technology

By Carol Purcell Sun contributor One beautiful week last September I headed to the Upper Peninsula for a solitary camping trip. The Hurricane River Campground is a small campground reached by dirt roads, 12 miles west of Grand Marais, right on Lake Superior in the Pictured Rocks. It has 11 sites, one water spigot and […]

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